Sweet 80s

Wang Shuping was really surprised by Xu Xinnian’s words.

Wang Shuping was surprised and happy.

Surprisingly, Xu Xinnian would travel thousands of miles to the vast Central Plains Province.

Among the 18 cities in the province, he didn't go anywhere else but came to Nanhe City.

As if it was planned in advance.

The good news is that they are fellow villagers.

Although there are great differences in various aspects among the three northeastern provinces.

The two are from the same hometown in Northeast China, and are actually hundreds of kilometers apart geographically, but their familiar accents are destined to make them closer than others the moment they open their mouths.

Wang Shuping's eyes slowly curved, like a crescent moon, and she smiled as she said, "Really? Then...what kind of job do you do, and which company do you work for?"

These words seemed to arouse Xu Xinnian's playful state again. Although he didn't let the other party guess, there was a bit of humor in his words.

"Some fates are really destined by God. Maybe God knew that my fate with Platoon Leader Lin was not over, so he sent me here on purpose..."

Xu Xinnian's expression relaxed slightly when he heard this, and a barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

After hearing this, Wang Shuping's brows instantly frowned.

She didn't understand what the other person said, or rather, she understood, but for a moment her brain automatically blocked out her unreliable comprehension.

Wang Shuping quickly brainstormed, and then asked in disbelief, "Could it be... a transportation company?"

Xu Xinnian did not answer. He leaned back, raised his arms and crossed them in front of his chest, with a calm and composed expression on his face.

Wang Shuping exclaimed in surprise: "Really? What a coincidence!"

"Right, Sister Xiao Ping, we will have more opportunities to meet in the future than when we were in the Northeast."

"Yes, yes. Oh, when will Xiangdong come back? I can't wait to tell him the news..."

As she spoke, Wang Shuping stood up and looked towards the door...

Late at night, the bustling city sheds its prosperous appearance.

There were few pedestrians on the streets of the entire city, with only the occasional disturbing cicada calls on the tree trunks and the rustling of insects in the weeds.

The two children had already fallen asleep.

Wang Shuping sat alone under the lamplight, sewing her sons' worn-out clothes and socks while waiting for Lin Xiangdong to come home.

She tied a knot in the string in her hand, bit it off with her mouth, stood up and stretched lazily, then she heard the sound of the iron bolt being fastened on the iron gate in the yard.

Lin Xiangdong tiptoed to park his bicycle and when he looked up he saw Wang Shuping coming towards him.

"You haven't slept yet. Didn't I tell you to go to bed early because I'd be back late?"

As he spoke, a strong smell of alcohol emanated from Lin Xiangdong's body.

Wang Shuping covered her nose: "Why did you drink so much?"

Lin Xiangdong raised his hand and put it on the other person's shoulder with a playful smile: "I'm happy."

"Okay, go take a shower, I have something to tell you."

The two of them pulled each other to the bathroom.

"What? What did you say?" Lin Xiangdong stood there in a daze and exclaimed.

"Keep your voice down. The neighbors can hear you in the middle of the night."

Lin Xiangdong swallowed hard.

Wang Shuping watched his eyelids drooping due to the alcohol. After a basin of warm water was poured over him, Lin Xiangdong sobered up a lot.

"You mean... Xu Xin came to work at the transportation company... and took over... Liang Fengshou's position?"

"Correct."

"Yes, is it Xu Xinnian, my subordinate?"

"Yes, it was the rookie you were talking about who threw a grenade into the trench. If you hadn't reacted quickly, he would have been dead. That Xu! Xin! Nian!"

"This, this, this..." Lin Xiangdong was so excited that he stuttered.

Seeing that he couldn't say anything for a long time, Wang Shuping spoke quickly and said what he wanted to say first.

"This is too coincidental, too incredible, too unbelievable..."

"No, you've said everything, what should I say?"

"Did not say!"

Wang Shuping poured another basin of water on Lin Xiangdong's chest.

"Hurry up and take a shower and go to bed, otherwise you will be late on your first day working together, and the glorious image of Platoon Leader Lin who is strict with himself and lenient with others will no longer exist..."

The next morning.

Just as Wang Shuping said, Lin Xiangdong finished washing up early.

Before leaving, I stood in front of the mirror and adjusted my appearance again and again, fearing that any flaws would leave a bad impression on the other party.

Wang Shuping couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so she walked up and tried to tease the other person.

She leaned forward and sniffed, pretending to sniff Lin Xiangdong's chest and said.

"It still smells very strong of alcohol."

"Oh, really?" Lin Xiangdong said, fanning his face with his hands a few times.

"I wonder if Xiao Xu would think that his platoon leader Lin has become a drunkard after not seeing him for a few years."

"Well...I'm going to go brush my teeth again."

Lin Xiangdong was about to leave, but Wang Shuping stopped him: "If you keep brushing, your gums will bleed. Otherwise, I'll give you an idea."

Lin Xiangdong stared at the other person closely.

Wang Shuping said calmly: "Put on some of the vanishing cream I use. It smells good and should be able to cover up other odors."

"Okay, okay, okay." Lin Xiangdong said hurriedly.

"What the hell!"

Wang Shuping first yelled, then rolled her eyes at him and continued.

"Don't you hate that smell the most? Are you going to work or to a blind date? Xiao Xu is your comrade-in-arms. If you don't know, you would think you are going to meet your lover."

The couple's abnormal behavior early in the morning was so abnormal that the two children ignored their meals and stared at them blankly as if they were watching a show.

After hearing the sensitive words, Lin Xiangdong pulled Wang Shuping's arm and said.

"I just feel that I haven't seen him for so many years, and I want to leave a good impression on him."

"Hehe~" Two sarcastic laughs floated out from Wang Shuping's mouth.

"Your desperate act of rushing over to save him will illuminate him for the rest of his life. Is the rest of this kind of face-saving image that important?"

Wang Shuping raised her hand and adjusted the other person's collar and cuffs.

"Besides, when you were in the army for a few years, you smelled the smell of sweat and feet. He may not be able to get used to the smell of vanishing cream..."

Lin Xiangdong thought about it and felt that what Wang Shuping said made sense, so he stopped worrying about image management.

As he was about to go out, he suddenly noticed something wrong with Wang Shuping's attitude when she spoke just now, and he stopped after taking a few steps.

"What's wrong? What did you forget again?" Wang Shuping asked.

Lin Xiangdong said with a rather mysterious and confusing smirk on his face.

"Were you...jealous of Xiao Xu just now?"

Wang Shuping was startled and slapped the other person on the shoulder, making Lin Xiangdong grimace in pain.

"I told you to stop talking nonsense. Next time I'll beat you with a broom!"

Lin Xiangdong didn't dare to say anything more. He got on his bike and rode away.

"Mom, I'm going to school. Remember to buy me an art book."

"Got it~"

Erbao came over and stood beside Wang Shuping, curious about what happened earlier and asked, "Mom, why did you hit Dad just now?"

"He said the wrong thing."

"Hmm~ Is it because he is going to meet his lover? Who is his lover?"

Wang Shuping took a deep breath, her eyes widened instantly, and the expression on her face changed.

She suddenly squatted down and pulled Erbao's arm: "No lover, we are joking, I am talking about Uncle Xu who came to our house yesterday..."

Wang Shuping swallowed a few times and felt extremely regretful.

The words that came out of my mouth just for the sake of momentary pleasure were actually heard and written down by the children.

She wanted to distract her younger son as soon as possible. Children are young and learn quickly but naturally forget quickly.

"My dear, mom will take you to get vaccinated soon. If you behave yourself, mom will buy you something delicious."

Erbao asked innocently.

"Who is Vaccine? Is he coming to our house? Should we pick him up at the station?"

After the summer vacation, my second baby will go to the red education class.

Before admission, the school has regulations that all new students need to be vaccinated against infectious diseases such as hepatitis B.

“It’s not about getting a vaccine, it’s about getting an injection.”

"Why do you need an injection? Did the needle do something wrong?"

Wang Shuping was speechless about her youngest son's question.

"Well... this... it will be a little painful, but our little friend Lin Hao is already a man, so he will definitely hold back his tears, right?"

"Yes! Mom, I'm an adult, and adults don't cry."

There was a constant stream of people coming and going in the hospital.

Erbao has not been to the hospital many times. At the beginning, he was attracted by the strong smell of disinfectant in the hospital lobby and praised the smell.

But when he got to the pediatric vaccination window, his expression changed noticeably.

Listening to the terrified cries of children in the long line, he realized that getting an injection was not a comfortable thing.

"Mom, let's go. I don't like it here." Erbao frowned and buried his head deeply between Wang Shuping's legs.

Wang Shuping leaned over and picked him up, patting his back gently to comfort him and said, "It's okay, we'll be there soon."

The second baby who was held in the arms could see farther and more clearly.

He found that every child who came out of the room not far away would cry loudly, as if they had experienced something extremely terrifying.

He pointed over there and said, "Mom, there's a monster in that room. I don't want to go in. Let's go home."

"There is no monster. I will go with you. Don't be afraid."

As the number of people in the team decreased, Erbao's fear finally reached its peak.

He twisted wildly in Wang Shuping's arms, like a stranded carp.

Wang Shuping was holding a bunch of documents and vaccination certificates in her hands. If she continued to make a fuss like this, it would be troublesome if something got lost.

Then Wang Shuping had an idea and said to Erbao seriously.

"You know, the nurse just said that originally we were going to get three shots, but she said that if Lin Hao just queued up obediently, he would only need two shots."

Although Erbao still doesn’t understand, he always thinks it’s a good thing.

The strength and speed of his struggles had obviously slowed down a lot, but the grunting sound in his mouth did not stop.

"The nurse also said that if the child doesn't cry, they can get one less shot."

"That leaves one needle."

"Yes, Erbao is really smart."

"But I still don't understand why the child was crying when it was an injection."

Before Wang Shuping could say anything, the nurse in the room called them.

In the room, the white walls, white nurse uniforms, white masks and other single colors made Erbao feel very uncomfortable.

He held Wang Shuping's neck tightly with one hand, and the other arm was smeared with a few cold unknown liquids.

Then, a thin and sharp needle pierced into Erbao's arm.